Four armed Arab terrorists were captured Thursday evening after they crossed the frontier into Israel from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip [and] were spotted when they approached the security fence and were apprehended shortly after they managed to cross the frontier… Israeli security personnel nabbed the four terrorists after the managed to penetrate the security fence along the Israel-Gaza border. After the four terrorists were captured, Israeli forces found the four were carrying two knives and a grenade. The suspects have been transferred for interrogation. [“Armed terrorists infiltrate from Gaza“, Israel National News, February 1, 2018]

A comment in Times of Israel reminds us of often-overlooked aspects of infiltrations:

There have been cases of Gazans entering Israel with weapons not to carry out attacks, but in order to be arrested and sent to prison, rather than remain in the beleaguered coastal enclave, which is run by the Hamas terrorist group.

Gaza is in the news for additional reasons tonight. Reports around 6 this evening (Thursday) say an explosion in a residential building in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City has taken multiple lives, including children. The WAFAnews agency says

Seven people were killed and at least 20 others injured in an explosion in a house in the densely populated Sabra neighborhood in Gaza city on Thursday evening, according to the Ministry of Health. WAFA correspondent said an explosion occurred in a house belonging to Abu Assi family in Sabra neighborhood, leaving seven people dead and 20 others injured some of them seriously. The house collapsed as a result of the explosion. The injured were moved to nearby al-Shifaa Medical Complex for treatment. Initial reports said the explosion resulted from the detonation of a gas cylinder at the house.

At least seven Palestinians died in an explosion in Gaza City Thursday, in what officials say was an intentional act after a family quarrel. “Seven people including children died, and around 30 others were injured in an explosion at a home” in Gaza City, a spokesman for the health ministry says. A police statement says a member of the Abu Assi family deliberately set a gas canister on fire during a family quarrel, leading to the explosion. It says police were investigating the circumstances of the incident. Eyewitnesses say the explosion caused serious damage to the two-story building. [AFP]

Given the opacity of most news emanating from inside the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, we might not ever know.

Be the first to comment

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/07/very-incomplete-list-of-children-used.html Gideon Levy is outraged at Israelis: One hundred and eighty babies and children up to the age of 5. One hundred and eighty helpless babies and toddlers that the Israel Defense Forces killed in [...]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2016/07/half-baked-humble-pie.htmlBy Daphne Anson On 3 June this year the Australian Jewish News (AJN) carried an article by long-standing staff member Peter Kohn concerning cancellation of Its 3 June 2016 issue reported that one of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/07/proven-liar-gary-spedding-resurfaces.html A couple of years ago I blogged a long Twitter conversation between myself and a “peace activist” named Gary Spedding, as well as exchanges between him and Gilead Ini of CAMERA. The text proves […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/07/israeli-entrepreneurs-increase-export.html Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory. Check out their Facebook page. Hertzliya, July 26 – Israeli manufacturers of devices meant to restrict the vision of the wearer have noticed a marked uptick in […]

MOST READ

https://jewsdownunder.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/news-views-from-arlene-in-israel-bye-bye-negotiations/Written and submitted by Arlene Kushner. Shabbat starts late at this season, which allows me the time to do a post – but even so, Shabbat is Shabbat and this will be brief. The nine-month […]

https://jewsdownunder.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/jews-down-under-is-migrating-to-a-web-site/Jews Down Under is migrating to a web site in the next day or two. Tuesday by the look of things. http://jewsdownunder.com/ This has been an amazing journey in the past 7/8 months and I […]

https://jewsdownunder.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/a-melbourne-terrorist-themed-play-praised-by-fairfax-media/A play, Wael Zuaiter: Unknown, currently showing in Melbourne, which romanticises a terrorist, was reviewed in the Fairfax media. … this innovative and brilliantly constructed piece of documentary theatre achieves a haunting power through […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-islamist-enemy-within-christians.htmlBy Daphne Anson On learning that 86-year-old Father Jacques Hamel had murdered in his own church in a village near Rouen by Islamist demons who stormed in during Mass and slit his throat, the [...]